The Associated Press announced Thursday that its style guide recognizes President Donald Trump's renaming of the “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of the United States.”
From now on, AP will use both the Gulf of America and the Gulf of Mexico to identify bodies of water. announcement:
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. The body of water shares a border between the United States and Mexico. Trump's order only gains authority within the United States. Mexico, like other countries and international organizations, is not required to recognize the name change.
The Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for over 400 years. The Associated Press will refer to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump chose. As a global news agency disseminating news around the world, AP must ensure that place names and geography are easily recognizable to all viewers.
AP regularly reviews style guidance regarding name changes. Ensure that the guidance reflects common usage. We will continue to apply this approach to this guidance and make updates as necessary.
AP often updates its style guide.
For example, during the 2020 Black Lives Riots, AP changed Black people allowed “negro” to be spelled “negro”:
AP's style is to capitalize black in a racial, ethnic, or cultural sense, and is essential and shared among people who identify as black, including the African diaspora and people within Africa. conveying history, identity and community. Lowercase black is a color, not a color. AP Style continues to disparage the word white in racial, ethnic, and cultural sense.
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